The Russian MultiEthnic Empire Author:A. Kappeler B> This book is a topical, innovative and far-reaching history of the multiplicity of ethnicity's that make up the explosive combination, which is today's Russia. The "national question" and how to impose control over its diverse ethnic identities has long posed a problem for the Russian State. This major survey of Russia as a mult... more »i-ethnic empire spans the imperial years from the sixteenth century to 1917, with major consideration of the Soviet phase. It asks how Russians incorporated new territories, how they were resisted, what the character of a multi-ethnic empire was and how, finally, these issues related to nationalism. For those interested in Russian History.« less